The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War - Couverture souple

Foley, Conor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844676285 ISBN 13 : 9781844676286

Editeur : Verso Books, 2010

Synopsis

The idea that we should ‘do something’ to help those suffering in far-off places is the main impulse driving those who care about human rights. Yet from Kosovo to Iraq, military interventions have gone disastrously wrong. The Thin Blue Line describes how in the last twenty years humanitarianism has emerged as a multibillion-dollar industry that has played a leading role in defining humanitarian crises, and shaping the foreign policy of Western governments and the United Nations. Drawing on his own experience of working in over a dozen conflict and post-conflict zones, Foley shows how the growing influence of international law has been used to override the sovereignty of the poorest countries in the world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

A humanitarian aid worker, Conor Foley has worked for a variety of human rights and humanitarian aid organizations, including Liberty, Amnesty International and the UNHCR, in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. His books include Combating Torture: a manual for judges and prosecutors (2003).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1844676285
• ISBN 13: 9781844676286
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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